Measuring Success

If I had to count the number of times i have succeeded in my life so far,i would...well..fail.

Success to me happens several times a day,all day,all week,all year.But nobody really hears these successes because conventional wisdom has a limited understanding of what success really is and that is why we dont bask it.

Commercialised and glitz-driven as our world is,it underrates success.

The thousand little smiles we earn everyday by doing something we love or making a tiny difference in a friend's or a stranger's life is no success but a paycheque is reckoned to be a huge success.
The stroke of condolence given to somebody in strife is no success but a paycheque sure is.

The efforts and sweat a mother puts in to allay a child's sob ..is no success..but merely her duty...but a paycheque sure is a tremendous success.
The relentless toils a father puts in to empower the future of his children....is no success...but the dough sure is.....
I've always felt that the world has set parameters with which it measures the worth of a man
which are money,power and status.And i fear that success (according to the world) will very soon join this league.
And before it is made a commodity the true meaning of success which has been forgotten has to be reminded which is merely "NOT FAILING".